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Glance at the Past - Museum Whale

by: D E Barrett

Usage: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

Topics: WYCE, radio, Grand Rapids, Historical Commission, history, Public Museum, fin whale,

The enormous 76 foot skeleton of a fin whale awed visitors to the former Public Museum on Jefferson Ave. When the current riverfront building opened, the fully restored "Monster of the Deep" again became a centerpiece of the Museum.